Chicago is taking some of its popular music fests online. (Courtesy Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events)
Chicago's fifth annual House Music Festival is heading to people's homes Memorial Day weekend via YouTube and Facebook, kicking off a new series of "Millennium Park at Home" concerts, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events has announced.
The annual Gospel Music and Blues festivals will also receive the virtual treatment in the coming weeks, the city said.
The live events were canceled out of concern over the spread of the coronavirus at large gatherings, which aren’t permitted in the state of Illinois until it reaches the fifth and final phase of its reopening plan. (Currently, Illinois is in phase two, which only permits gatherings of 10 or fewer.)
Watch the House Music Festival from 6-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday on YouTube and Facebook.
The Gospel Music Festival will be streamed via those same channels from 6-8 p.m. May 29 and May 30. Blues Fest will follow suit from 6-8 p.m. June 5-7.
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